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Their - There - They're: Homonyms - Words That Sound The Same But Are Spelled Differently

The document provides examples of commonly confused homonyms in sentences and asks the reader to fill in the correct word. It gives homonym pairs such as there/their/they're, to/too/two, allowed/aloud, ate/eight, buy/by/bye, hair/hare, meat/meet, add/ad, board/bored. The examples cover topics like family travel plans, playing baseball, classroom rules, dinner time, shopping errands, hairstyles, meats and foods, math operations, classroom materials, and being bored or seeing a hare.

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Their - There - They're: Homonyms - Words That Sound The Same But Are Spelled Differently

The document provides examples of commonly confused homonyms in sentences and asks the reader to fill in the correct word. It gives homonym pairs such as there/their/they're, to/too/two, allowed/aloud, ate/eight, buy/by/bye, hair/hare, meat/meet, add/ad, board/bored. The examples cover topics like family travel plans, playing baseball, classroom rules, dinner time, shopping errands, hairstyles, meats and foods, math operations, classroom materials, and being bored or seeing a hare.

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Homonyms words that sound the same but are spelled differently Fill in the blank with the

e correct word in each section.

1. their there they're


1. Peter and his family love travelling. .................... going to London next summer. They have already bought ................... airplane tickets and reserved a nice hotel downtown. They will have a nice time ...................... , I am sure.

2. to too two
2. Jack has .................. bicycles, a red one and a green one. He rides one of his bikes every day after school. He plays baseball, .................. . He rides his bike ................ baseball practice.

3. allowed aloud
3. The teacher .................... the class to study quietly at their desks for their language exam. But she told the students not to speak ......................... to each other.

4. ate eight
4. We usually eat at seven o'clock. But last night we ................. at .................. o'clock instead. A joke! Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine! (7,8,9)

5. buy by bye
5. Daughter: Mother, where are you going? Mother: I am going to stop ........... the supermarket and ............ some meat for dinner. Daughter: Okay, ............ . See you later.

More Homonyms.

Write the correct word in each sentence.

hair hare

meat meet

add ad

board bored

1. When we learn how to do arithmetic, we learn how to ...................... , subtract, multiply and divide. 2. In my classroom, the teacher writes our assignments on the ..................... . 3. My sister used to have long ............................... , but she decided to get it cut last summer. 4. I like to eat fish and also ........................ . 5. I saw an ....................... on tv for a computer game that I want to buy. 6. When you go to a new school, you ......................... new friends. 7. What are some things you can do when you are .....................? Well, you can read or go outside and ride your bike. 8. Look! A rabbit! Oh, it isn't a rabbit. It looks like a rabbit, but it isn't. It is a ........................... .

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